Institution Playbook: Integrate SageStepper with Your LMS and SIS in 90 Days
A provost-ready blueprint to wire SageStepper into Canvas/Blackboard/Moodle and your SIS—so interview practice, feedback, and program outcomes sync without extra clicks.
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Key takeaways
- Treat SageStepper as the evidence layer between coursework and outcomes—automate roster, grades, and milestones via LMS/SIS.
- Use a 90-day plan with a 2–3 hour weekly cadence; a 30-day accelerator can work for a pilot cohort of 100–300 students.
- Track four metrics from week one: readiness score lift, streak length, mentor hours saved, and first-interview-to-offer conversion.
- Wire LTI 1.3 for single-click launch, SSO for no-password access, and webhooks or SFTP for nightly progress syncs.
- Adopt simple rituals: Interview Sprints in LMS modules, Nova auto-feedback, progress radar checkpoints, and action boards for coaching.
- Report with credibility: align outcomes to course objectives and program KPIs, and show cost-per-offer and hours reallocated to high-touch coaching.
Implementation checklist
- Confirm your LMS supports LTI 1.3 and your IdP supports SAML or OIDC.
- Define one data contract: roster in, outcomes out (fields, cadence, owners).
- Stand up a pilot of 100–300 students with two faculty champions and one advising lead.
- Use Nova mock interviews weekly; push scores to LMS gradebook and SIS milestones.
- Publish a dashboard with readiness lift and streak metrics by course and demographic.
- Run a 30-minute monthly governance review with data, IT, career, and academic leads.
Questions we hear from teams
- Which LMS platforms are supported?
- SageStepper supports LTI 1.3 launch flows and grade passback with major LMS platforms such as Canvas, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle. We’ll provide client_id, deployment_id, and JWKS, and work with your LMS admin to complete setup.
- Can we avoid storing unnecessary PII?
- Yes. Use a minimal roster (student_id and email) and disable any optional fields you don’t need. Set retention windows to match your policy (e.g., 24 months for artifacts, 36 months for aggregates).
- How does SSO work?
- We support SAML 2.0 and OIDC-based SSO. Most campuses use their existing IdP (Azure AD, Okta, Shibboleth). Enable Just‑In‑Time provisioning so student profiles are created on first launch.
- What if our SIS team prefers batch instead of webhooks?
- Nightly SFTP exports are fine. Send us roster CSV; we send outcomes JSONL or CSV back. Many campuses start with SFTP for speed, then move to webhooks once requirements stabilize.
- How do we measure impact credibly?
- Use a pre/post within-course design. Baseline readiness in week 2, finalize in week 6, and include a matched comparison section if feasible. Report lift, streaks, conversion to interviews, mentor hours saved, and include anonymized sample artifacts.
- What does faculty training cover?
- A 60‑minute session: adding LTI links, assigning Nova interviews, mapping rubric/points to gradebook, interpreting radar reports, and using action boards for targeted feedback.
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